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Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 Reviews

Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 Owner Reviews

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What owners say summarised from 81 reviews

Across reviews, the Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 is most often described as a quiet, comfortable UHP tire with strong all-round grip-especially in the wet-and good aquaplaning resistance, giving many drivers high confidence in everyday and motorway use. Wear is frequently reported as good to very good versus several competing premium tires, and many consider it strong value for money. A notable minority, however, report overly soft or inconsistent sidewalls leading to vague/“wobbly” steering and reduced precision when cornering hard, and some users say grip (particularly in wet conditions) can fall off as the tire wears.

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Owner ratings averaged from 94 ratings

  • Owner score 76%
  • Dry Grip 83%
  • Comfort 79%
  • Wet Grip 78%
  • Road Feedback 77%
  • Handling 76%
  • Wear 75%

Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 Reviews - Page 7

Score spread across 74 written reviews
91%
Member
  • Mazda 3 MPS
  • 225/40 R18
  • 1,800 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
Avais des Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 à l'avant et ai décidé d'acheter chez sa filiale Dunlop. J'ai eu Dunlop il y a longtemps sur une voiture précédente et ce dont je me souviens le plus est qu'ils étaient très adhérents sur le sec. Et oui j'ai à nouveau ce sentiment! J'ai beaucoup plus de retour au volant et vous devez aller au-delà des lois de la physique pour sortir la voiture de la route dans les virages! Quant à la progressivité j'aime le bruit "d'air" qu'ils font quand vous êtes à la limite donc vous savez ce qu'il se passe. Vous n'avez aucune frayeur avec ces pneus puisque dans chaque épisode de conduite fougueuse ou pas tout se passe de façon lisse! Goodyear était très calme et très confortable. Les Maxx RT 2 sont une classe en dessous de Goodyear.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 433
93%
Member
J'ai remplacé mes ContiSportContact 5P avec ces derniers. Très heureux jusqu'à présent. La voiture paraît plus réactive et plus calme. Je préfère ces pneus plus que les SportContact6s uniquement à cause de l'avantage du prix, mais ils ne paraissent pas être comme un mauvais choix à ce jour. Les protections de la jante, qui n'existent pas en 5P, sont biens aussi. Je viens de peindre mes jantes avant d'installer ces derniers et ces protections m'ont déjà épargnées de gratter les jantes une paire de fois.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 449
93%
Member
  • Mazda 3 MPS
  • 225/40 R18 W
  • 1,300 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
Supplementary to the previous review: When i wrote that SportMaxx RT2 are one class down than Goodyear Asymmetric 2, i meant about comfort and noise and not in general. Also i forgot to say that these tires need more air because they are soft. I put 2.6 bar in front and 2.3 bar in rear.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 448

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91%
Member
  • Mazda 3 MPS
  • 225/40 R18 W
  • 1,300 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
Had Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 before and i decided to buy from its subsidiary company Dunlop. I had Dunlop long ago to a previous car and what i remember most is that they were very sticky in the dry. And yes i get this feeling again! I have much better info from the steering wheel and you must go beyond the laws of physics to get the car out of the road when cornering! As for the progressiveness i like an "airy" sound they do when you corner to the limit so you know what it's going on. You get no fear from these tires as in every driving mode spirited or not all happens in smooth way! Goodyear was very quiet and very comfort. Maxx RT 2 are one class down than Goodyear.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 395
94%
Member
I have changed my old worn tires Bridgeston, and now i'm realy happy. The new model RT2 is defenitly excellent for all road conditions. The feedback from road is very good. The tires are very comfortable.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 434
93%
Member
I have changed my ContiSportContact 5Ps with these. Quite happy so far. The car feels like more responsive and quiter. I have preferred these over SportContact6s purely because of the price advantage but it doesnt feel like a wrong choice so far. The rim protectors, which dont exist on 5Ps, are also nice. I have just painted my rims before installing these and these protectors have already save me from scratching the rims couple of times.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 1,171
100%
Member
  • BMW 320 d
  • 225/45 R17 W
  • 3,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
Excellent grip on wet and dry weather conditions, both on the highway and ...
All recommendations for this tire. I still have not brought them to the limit, even at speeds of 170km/h
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 396
90%
Member
Switched to Dunlop Sport Maxx RT 2 on a 17 inch wheels from Dunlop Sport Maxx RT on 16.
Clearly the RT2 is a better tire, with lots of dry grip. Actually didnt push to the end still but the feeling is that the chassi of the car is no match for the grip the tires provide (bilsteins B12 kit installed). On the wet road the grip is again excellent as were with the previuos gen. RT. Very impressed by the resistence of aquaplaning as i drove in a hell of a rain and the contact with the road was lost between sbove 95 km/h. Progressivness is good but i still have not reached the maximum of the tire so will comment on how the tire perform when pushed to the edge later.
As the previous gen. RT was so poor with the wear i hope that this one last longer and acctually there is hope for that as the Treadwear rating is 300. The initial depth of the tread is 7.5 mm. (tire weights 9.1 kg.)
Comfort is good but not perfect. As for the ride comfort of corse going from 16 to 17 make a difference and you start to feel all the imperfections of the road (given the sport suspension take its toll too). The tires are rated 69 db. and on a good road pave they are really quiet, but once they hit bad passages with rough pavement the noise becoumes pretty annoying.
On the fuel economy RT2 performance is down in omparisson wirh RT as the rolling resistance is worst but that is expected from a UHP tire.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 9
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 456
92%
Member
  • Audi TT
  • 225/40 R18
  • 1,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
Really happy with this. Replaced Eagle f1 2s and these feel like they grip better!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 9
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 374
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